I let you take his family and his wives. And I made you king of Israel and Judah. As if that were not enough, I gave you more and more.
1 Kings 2:17 - Easy To Read Version Adonijah said, “I know that King Solomon will do anything you ask him. So please ask him to let me marry Abishag, the woman from Shunem.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, I pray you, ask King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, to give me Abishag the Shunammite to be my wife. [I Kings 1:1-4.] American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not say thee nay), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. Common English Bible Adonijah continued, “Ask King Solomon to let me marry Abishag from Shunem—he won’t refuse you.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said: "I beg that you may speak to king Solomon, for he is not able to refuse anything to you, so that he may give Abishag the Shunammite to me as wife." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag the Sunamitess to wife. |
I let you take his family and his wives. And I made you king of Israel and Judah. As if that were not enough, I gave you more and more.
Saul had a woman servant [16] named Rizpah daughter of Aiah. Ish Bosheth said to Abner, “Why did you have sexual relations with my father’s servant woman?”